CONGRESSMAN FIELDS STANDS WITH CBC AND NAACP TO CALL ON COLLEGE ATHLETICS TO OPPOSE DISMANTLING OF BLACK VOTING POWER

Washington, May 19 -- Congressman Cleo Fields issued the following press release:

This afternoon, Congressman Fields released his statement after standing alongside the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP to demand college athletic institutions publicly oppose the coordinated efforts to dismantle Black voting power currently taking place:



"Today I stood with my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP to deliver a clear message: we cannot support the SCORE Act or any legislation benefiting major athletic institutions that remain silent while Black voting rights are being systematically eliminated.

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